Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022

The BJP now holds 57 fewer seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, but the details show a degree of consolidation it would be pleased with.

UP Election Results 2022: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav defeats BJP's Prof SP Singh Baghel by over 67,000 vote in Karhal

In SP stronghold, Akhilesh Yadav had been pitted against MoS SP Singh Baghel

UP Assembly Election Result 2022 Highlights: BJP rides pro-incumbency wave; Yogi Adityanath returns as UP CM for 2nd time in historic mandate

UP Assembly Elections Result 2022 Highlights: Uttar Pradesh is considered to be the most bellwether state, as its outcome may determine the voter sentiment ahead of the 2024 general elections.

Varanasi ADM to be removed by EC, say reports day after Akhilesh Yadav alleged EVM fraud

Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of the state's primary opposition Samajwadi Party, had demanded the Election Commission to launch in inquiry into the manner in which the EVMs were transported in Varanasi.

Exit Polls 2022 Highlights | BJP to win big in UP, Manipur; AAP wave in Punjab; close contests in Goa, Uttarakhand

Exit Poll Result 2022 Highlights: Per predictions, the Aam Aadmi Party is headed for a decisive win in Punjab.

Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights: BJP set to return to power with full majority in UP, say post-election surveys

UP Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights: Phase 7 polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts

State Elections 2022 Highlights March 3 | 53.31% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in 6th phase of Uttar Pradesh polls

Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights March 3: This phase of polling will seal the fate of 676 candidates, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, five ministers in his cabinet, state Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Swami Prasad Maurya.

UP Assembly Elections 2022: Climate change, promise of clean air and water missing from poll agenda

UP Assembly Elections 2022: The saffron party has mentioned cleaning of the river Ganga but has not mentioned anything about countering climate change.

UP Assembly Elections 2022: Around 46% turnout recorded till 3 pm in 5th phase

UP Assembly Elections 2022: The districts where polling is being held are Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.

Uttar Pradesh election phase 4: 27% candidates facing criminal charges

A total of 91 (15 per cent) female candidates are contesting in this phase which is scheduled to be held on February 23.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 | Over 48% voting recorded till 3 pm

According to the data shared by the Election Commission, the average polling percentage till 3 PM was 50,15 percent in Hathras, 51.23 percent in Firozabad, 50.75 percent in Kasganj, 53.23 percent in Etah, 52.44 percent in Mainpuri, 46.19.10 percent in Farrukhabad, 50.23 percent in Kannauj and 50.42 percent in Etawah.

Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights | Akhilesh confident of wresting UP's Yadav bastion, Channi says winning Punjab with 2/3rd majority

Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights - February 20 | Voting was held in all 117 seats in Punjab and 59 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh on February 20. As many as 1,304 candidates were in the fray in the single-phase elections in Punjab, while fates were sealed for 627 contestants in the third phase of Uttar Pradesh polls.

UP Assembly polls 2022: Of candidates in fray for February 14 elections, 12 are 'illiterate', 114 educated till Class 8

There are also 102 'post graduate' candidates and six with Ph.D in the fray, stated the report by polls reforms advocacy groups Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

25% candidates contesting UP polls in phase-2 have criminal cases against them: ADR

Out of 584 candidates analysed, 147 (25 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 113 candidates (19 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

In-Depth | Battle for Jatland: How the poll contest is stacked up in west UP

The communally sensitive western Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a citadel of the BJP since 2014. But the anguish among farmers, arising from the year-long agrarian protest, may upset the party's electoral equations in the region. The Opposition bloc of SP-RLD is hopeful of realigning the Jats and Muslims to outmatch the saffron camp.

Yogi Adityanath Interview Highlights | 'India to become global leader under PM Modi's leadership', says UP CM

Yogi Adityanath, in an exclusive conversation with Network18's Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, spoke on an array of topics ranging from his equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, relation with the Muslim community and the number of seats he expects the BJP to win in the UP assembly elections. Here are the complete highlights.

'Losing BJP's frustration': Akhilesh Yadav alleges ploy after chopper to west UP gets 'stopped'

The Samajwadi Party chief said his "helicopter has been stopped from flying without any specified reason". On the other hand, a "senior BJP leader" was allowed to fly, he alleged.

UP elections 2022 | 23 candidates from Noida, 16 from Dadri, 13 from Jewar as nomination ends

According to district officials, Gautam Buddh Nagar has 16.23 lakh enrolled voters. In terms of assembly seats, Noida has 6.90 lakh voters, Dadri has 5.86 lakh and Jewar 3.46 lakh voters.

MC Election Update January 16: Punjab CM Channi’s brother to contest polls as independent candidate

Take a quick look at all the major updates on upcoming assembly elections in five states -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur

UP assembly elections 2022: Second list of 7 RLD-SP candidates announced

All the seven seats, including Iglas which is reserved for SC candidates, were won by BJP nominees in the 2017 polls. The seats will go to polls on February 10 during the first phase of elections in the state.

2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections | SP-RLD alliance releases first list of 29 candidates

A total of 29 candidates were announced by the Samajwadi Party-led alliance, out of which 19 seats went to Jayant Sinha’s party -- the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

Election Commission must curb rising misuse of religion in politics during polls: Mayawati

Her remarks came a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the assembly elections in the state will be an 80 per cent versus 20 per cent one, alluding to the roughly 20 per cent Muslim population.

'Red caps cared only about red beacons': PM Modi takes a jab at SP during Gorakhpur event

The prime minister's swipe against the Samajwadi Party comes on a day when the party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, held a joint rally with ally Rashtriya Janata Dal president Jayant Chaudhary in Meerut.

Congress' rebel Raebareli MLA Aditi Singh joins BJP ahead of UP elections 2022

Aditi SIngh, along with rebel BSP MLA Vandana Singh, was inducted into the BJP in presence of the party's state unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh.

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Noida international airport on November 25

The foundation stone-laying ceremony will be the first major public event to be attended by Modi in western UP after the Centre decided to repeal three farm laws